Becky Ann Lee, a psychic in Boulder, Colorado, has been charged with swindling $200,000 out of fashion scion Victoria Lacoste, a student at the University of Colorado. At first, Lee just read Lacoste’s tarot cards, but then she became a “spiritual adviser to work on her Chakra balancing.”
Donald Trump: I Am the Nostradamus of Terrorism
Last night, Miss Cleo cosplay enthusiast Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters in Tennessee that he was able to predict terrorism in his 2000 book, The America We Deserve, because he “can feel it.”
The Times’ Michael Wilson has a great piece on psychics who’ve been convicted of crimes going before parole boards and coming clean about their practices: “‘You don’t think there’s any legitimate psychics out there?’ she was asked. ‘If they are taking your money... they are not for real.’”
Sylvia Browne, psychic, bestselling author, and frequent guest on The Montel Williams Show, died Wednesday in a Northern California hospital. She was 77.
Customers of Psychic Gave Her Thousands to See Their Past Lives
The customers of a Manhattan psychic are being forced to recount their current lives (in front of an entire court no less), lives in which they forked over thousands of dollars to a woman who proclaimed to tell them about their past lives.
Psychic to Pay Millions to Couple She Claimed Buried Kids in Mass Grave
The Texas psychic responsible for giving local law enforcement officials a bogus tip on a mass grave at the home of a Liberty County couple will need to pay $7 million for the damage she caused the two.
Best-Selling Author and Grieving Mother Loses $20 Million to 'Psychics'
True story! I used to work for James "The Amazing" Randi, the famed magician-turned-arch-skeptic, at his foundation in Fort Lauderdale, where we combated psychics and faith-healers and exorcists and all kinds of predatory bullshit slingers. The reaction Mr. Randi most frequently elicited from angry believers: "What's…
Psychic Leads Police, Media on Very Confusing Quest for Mass Grave
Around 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday evening, CNN, Reuters and The New York Times, among others, seized on the juicy news that a "mass grave" of at least 20 "dismembered bodies" had been discovered in rural Texas. Only, the cops hadn't found any bodies, membered or dismembered — just a house with some blood on the porch.…
Stock Market Forecasts: Total Crapola
"What can you learn from the top performing stocks of 2010?" Since that headline is in USA Today, the answer is automatically "nothing." The bigger question: can we learn anything from any stock market forecast, at all?
All We Know For Sure: Cats Are Liars
A new psychology paper purporting to demonstrate the existence of ESP is under assault from statisticians; a study linking vaccines to autism has been outed as a fraud. But this study on devious, lying, manipulative cats? No doubts whatsoever.
The Evil, Smoking, Psychic Housewife of Beverly Hills
MUAHAHA! This psychic shows up to Camille's dinner, holds her electronic cigarette in a headlock and lets the evil come spilling out of every pore of her face-lift. Be patient. Let the suspense build. It pays off.
Horny Psychic Accidentally Draws a Penis on Live TV
"I don't even know what's gonna come out of this pen," said the lady clairvoyant, before attempting to sketch a "psychic drawing" of her talk show guest, Brian. And that's when she drew a hairy penis and balls! Watch inside.
Public Access Psychic Can See Future, Cannot Hear Questions
Public access psychic Lea Marie experiences frequent technical difficulties while attempting to read viewer's futures via telephone. Surprisingly, she uploaded this video to YouTube all by herself.
Paul the Octopus Receiving More Endorsement Offers Than LeBron James
Who knew that non-humans predicting sports matches could be as profitable as the humans who play in them? Paul the Octopus has received "more than 160 endorsement offers and a book deal." We would pay for this book!
Paul the Psychic Octopus Has a Perfect World Cup Prediction Record
There's this octopus named Paul. Paul lives in an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. Paul is psychic, and has accurately predicted the result of all five of Germany's world cup matches. Here is video of Paul predicting today's victory over Argentina.
World's Smartest Man Conned by Celeb Psychic
Adam Robinson is an Oxford-educated chess master and co-founder of the Princeton Review. His ex-girlfriend is a "psychic to the stars." Who do you guess is suing whom, for cleverly stealing all the money?
Voo Dat: A Southern Conjurer Explains How the Saints Were Helped by Voodoo
The Indianapolis Colts were favored to win yesterdays Super Bowl everywhere from Vegas to the White House. But one woman wasn't buying it: Lisa Johnson has enough experience with voodoo to know that the Saints were unbeatable.
The Crystal Ball: 2010 Revealed!
Lots of important stuff happened in 2009. A bunch of famous people died. A bunch of banks almost died, but then Washington stepped in to make sure that Wall Street's way of life will be preserved forever. Swine flu came along and freaked everyone out (not to mention briefly endangered the air kiss). A…
Psychic Wife Swap Lady: Richard Heene's Balloon Plan May Not Work Out
In case you were wondering, Sheree Silver—Florida-based psychic adviser and Wife Swap spouse of Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene—has updated her psychic reading of the tragic case.
